eirin

See also: Eirin

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh eirin, from Proto-Brythonic *ėɣrin, from Proto-Celtic *agrinyā, plural of *agrinyom (compare Cornish yryn, Breton irin, Irish airne (“sloe”)), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂ (“berry”) (compare Tocharian B oko (“fruit”), Old Church Slavonic агода (agoda, “berry”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

eirin f (collective, singulative eirinen)

  1. plums, damsons; sloes, bullace; berries
  2. stones, glands (of the scrotum), testicles

Derived terms
  • coed eirin (“plum trees”)
  • eirin duon bach (“sloes”)
  • eirin duon tag (“sloes”)
  • eirin duon (“damsons”)
  • eirin Gwion (“briony berries”)
  • eirin gwlanog (“peaches”)
  • eirin gwyllt (“wild plums”)
  • eirin Mair (“gooseberries”)
  • eirin moch (“hawthorn berries, haws”)
  • eirin surion bach (“sloes”)
  • eirin surion (“sloes”)
  • eirin sych (“prunes”)
  • eirin tagu (“sloes”)
  • eirin y coed (“wild plums”)
  • eirin y gors (“crowberries”)
  • eirin y moch (“hawthorn berries”)
  • eirin y perthi (“sloes”)
  • eirin ysgaw (“elderberries”)
  • eirina (“to collect sloes or bullace”)
  • gweiniog afalau ac eirin (“apple and plum case-bearer”)
  • gwyfyn eirin (“plum fruit moth”)
  • rhwd coeden eirin (“plum rust”)
  • tortrics eirin (“plum tortrix”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
eirin unchanged unchanged heirin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “eirin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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